How to create magic for your customers in the food industry. The future is about emotion: understand how your customer feels and you will unlock many secrets of future success. Seven key words will drive the future of food retail and the groceries industry: PRICE – SPEED – CHOICE – QUALITY – EXPERIENCE – INSPIRATION – TRUST. It is almost impossible to deliver on all seven and still make a profit. Retailers need to decide how they are going to make their own customer magic. For example, they could go for price, or for quality, or for a combination such as speed, price, experience (corner store), or quality, inspiration, choice (upmarket superstore). Need a world-class retail keynote speaker for your event? Phone or e-mail Patrick Dixon now.

Video of Futurist keynote for 1000 VIP Samsung clients on future of retail including the use of Big Data. For full article and the slides, press Read More link below. Online
sales will exceed $1.5 trillion in 2014, of which $100bn will be in
Latin America, $6.2bn in Mexico (up 40% in a year). Most of Latin
America’s online sales are on websites owned by traditional retailers. And
sales per online user each year are also growing fast – averaging $578
across Latin America: $854 in Mexico, $717 in Brazil and $380 in
Argentina. Notes on Futurist keynote lecture for Samsung client event in Mexico –
audience of IT / computers, mobile phones and electrical appliance
retailers from Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuala,
Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Honduras,
Salvador, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Panama. Need a world-class retail industry keynote speaker for your event? Phone or e-mail Patrick Dixon now.

Today, we grow enough food to feed 9 billion people, and
in future we should easily be able to feed 11 billion. We waste well over 40
per cent of the food we grow, worth USD3 trillion – in fields, storehouses,
factories, warehouses, shops and rubbish bins.

We will see more genetically modified crops in many
regions, with crops resistant to disease, drought, and able to grow in salty
soil. Genetically modified animals will also be widely consumed in over 30 per
cent of the world by 2040.

Expect a rise in the proportion of global grain
production used to feed animals to more than 45 per cent beyond 2025. Already
more than 70 per cent of grain produced by wealthy nations is fed to livestock.
There are absolute limits on the availability of suitable land. Therefore, the
price of farmland is likely to rise in many nations over the next 20 years.

Expect a huge revolution in retail trends over the next decade. The video above takes us through a large number of these issues - ranging from consolidation and emergence of super-chains, to the rise of both budget and premium brands, e-commerce, impact of older consumers - and the total transformation in physical retail, that is being driven by mobile technologies in an "always-connected" world, where offline / online merges into one total customer experience. Need a world-class retail keynote speaker? Phone Patrick Dixon now or email.

Future of food industry and retail sector – articles, videos and presentations on the future of the food and retail industry. Food is an emotional business – just think of a mother’s anxieties when there is yet another scare about contamination of baby food. The same applies to drinks. So if we want to understand the future of food and beverages, we need to understand how consumer emotions are changing. Leaders of food and drink companies need to be sharply focused on rapid changes in public mood, perception and values, with uncompromising commitment to quality and value. Brand reputation is earned in a lifetime and lost in a day. Food brands have proved remarkably enduring because food enables us to recapture early childhood memories.

Future retail trends in Latin America: 70 million people are already online in Mexico (58% of adults), 88
million in Brazil (46%), 28 million in Argentina (67%), 10 million in
Chile (59%) and 10 million in Peru (34%). While it is true that in these nations, most consumers are still very uncomfortable about buying online, that is changing fast. Compare
with the UK where 33% of some groups of people have stopped watching
conventional TV because they only watch TV online, and where 12% of all
retail is now online shopping, of which over 50% of purchases are using a
mobile device. Need a world-class retail industry keynote speaker for your event? Phone or e-mail Patrick Dixon now

For every retail outlet that opens in a new Mall, another has to close somewhere else - a corner store, high street shop, or market stall. Huge planning implications for town centres, following massive growth of big shopping centres. Impact on consumer choice.

How small stores can survive and thrive in niche markets, competing against large retail chains and multinational super brands, by offering unique products and services with outstanding...